United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque
United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque is a historic site in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 3,295 m. Medicine Bow Peak stands 3,639 m to the north-northwest, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mirror Lake Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Inscription
- In memory of the 66 passengers and crew that perished on Medicine Bow Peak October 6, 1955
How to reach it
- On the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Medicine Bow Peak: 1.4 mi
- Gap Point: 2.4 mi
- Browns Peak: 2.5 mi
- Silver Benchmark: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Park: 12.0 mi
- Pelton Park: 22.0 mi
- Elk Mountain Centennial Park: 24.4 mi
- Mirror Lake Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Libby Lake Picnic Site: 1.0 mi
- Fire Lookout: 1.3 mi
- Billie Class Stamp Mill: 1.4 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Wick Brothers / Beaumee Wildlife Habitat Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Sederlin Slide: 14.8 mi
- Wagonhound Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Elk Mountain Museum: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of United Airlines Flight 409 Memorial Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Bow Peak | NNW 335° | 3,639 m | 1.4 mi |
| Gap Point | N 3° | 3,585 m | 2.4 mi |
| Browns Peak | NNE 27° | 3,567 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 3° | 3,472 m | 1.0 mi |
| Rock Creek Knoll | NE 38° | 3,391 m | 5.6 mi |
| Silver Benchmark | WSW 237° | 3,318 m | 2.8 mi |
| Kennaday Peak | NW 305° | 3,290 m | 13.4 mi |
| Woolf Benchmark | NE 46° | 3,245 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 23 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centennial 1NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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